CARPODACUS. 321 



plain dark brown ; back brown, with broad central streaks ; wings brown, 

 the median coverts tipped with rosy, forming a prominent band; greater 

 coverts and tertiaries narrowly edged with rosy white ; tail brown ; rump and 

 upper tail coverts pale vinaceous rosy ; chin, throat, neck and breast rufous, 

 with black mesial streaks and silvery white shafts ; rest of the lower plumage 

 of a dull rosy tint. 



The female has the whole of the upper plumage yellowish brown, with black 

 streaks and two pale, very narrow wing bands ; quills and tail dark brown ; 

 forehead, eyebrow, lores and face white with black stripes ; chin, throat and 

 breast rufous, with black stripes ; belly, vent and under tail coverts white, 

 with dark stripes. Bill horny brown ; legs pale brown ; irides brown. 



Length. 6-75 inches; wing 3^25 ; tail 3. 



Hab. Sikkim, N.-W. Himalayas. 



850. CarpodaCUS ambigUUS (Hume], Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xii. p. 428, pi. x. Propasser ambiguus, Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 326 ; Brooks, 

 Sir. F. 1875, p. 255 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 108. HUME'S ROSEFINCH. 



Above dull brown, the feathers centred with blackish, the pale edges to the 

 feathers more distinct on the mantle and upper back ; rump uniform pale 

 rosy ; lesser wing coverts dark brown ; median and greater series the same, 

 edged with pale brown and tinged with rosy ; bastard wing and primary 

 coverts dark brown ; quills and upper tail coverts the same, edged with paler 

 brown; crown of head blackish, with a faint tinge of crimson; lores and 

 eyebrow dark crimson, also the feathers round the eye, sides of face, ear-coverts 

 cheeks and throat ; under surface of the body pale rose colour, with dusky 

 shaft streaks ; the feathers of the foreneck and chest slightly washed with 

 crimson ; sides of the body and flanks more broadly streaked with blackish 

 brown ; thighs ashy brown ; under tail coverts pale rosy ; under wing coverts 

 and axillaries whitish, washed with rosy. 



Length. 5-5 inches ; wing 3 ; tail 2*l 



The female is marked like the male but is pale brown, and the black streaks 

 are broader and well defined on the fulvous white under surface of the body. 



Hab. Himalayas, from the neighbourhood of Mussoorie to Nepaul. 



851. CarpodaCUS pulcherrimus (Hodgs.*), Gray, Hand.-l. Birds 

 ii., p. 102 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii., p. 429. Propasser pulcherrima ve! 

 rhodochroa, Hodgs., Icon. ined. pi. 301 (fig. 467). Propasser pulcherrimus, 

 Moore, P. Z S. 1855, p. 210 ; Jerd., B. Ind, ii., p. 462; Hume, Nests and 

 Eggs, Ind. B. p. 471; id., Sir. F. 1874, p. 317; id., Str. F. 1879, p. 108. 

 Carpodacus Davidianus, Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch, i, Bull, p. 19, pi. ii., 

 fig. 2. The BEAUTIFUL ROSEFINCH. 



Above -ruddy brown, streaked with black centres, the mantle rather more 

 ashy ; rump clear rosy ; lesser wing coverts ruddy brown ; median and 



